Thursday, February 04, 2010

Chavez Invents New Basis for Legitimacy

Is increasingly stupid and desperate-sounding rhetoric a sign that Hugo Chavez is getting scared? Latest wisdom from El Commandante: The Russians want me to rule Venezuela.

Venezuela: Chavez Says Other Nations Want Him In Power
Stratfor Today ยป-->February 4, 2010
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced Feb. 4 that Russia and other nations with major investments in Venezuela want him to continue in power, Globovision reported. Chavez said that if the opposition returned to power, oil in the Orinoco Belt would belong to the United States.

That's rich. The Russians! Um, er, what about the people of, say, Venezuela? Do they factor in?

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